
After a while, both of them want a romantic relationship again. They start dating again, and this time, it lasts. Later that day, when she sees Toby pulling his jacket over the cross, she breaks up with him because she doesn't feel comfortable dating a person who doesn't share her faith.

Nikki tells him about her past, and when he is still unsupportive, she storms off. They later make up. Everything is great, and both of them seem happy, but on Valentines' Day, a day supposed to be filled with romance, Nikki gives Toby a leather bracelet with a cross that she got on her mission trip to Guatemala. Emmett finds a topless photo of Nikki online and Toby asks her about it. However, later, after his mother pushing, he talks to Nikki and he thinks they are dating, but Nikki admits that she has a boyfriend. Later, Nikki breaks up with her boyfriend and begins to date Toby. Nikki has an obvious crush on Toby and signs a flyer she puts into his guitar case, but Toby, having just gotten out of his relationship with Simone, is not interested. She meets Toby and Kathryn Kennish at a singing session for local teenage artists at a church. Nikki hits it off with Toby and tells his mother that she has "a lovely voice," making Kathryn continue to push Toby to keep in touch with Nikki.

In her words, she "connected with the Lord and changed her ways" after realizing that her father wouldn't have wanted her to drink. Her father died when she was a teenager, and, to cope with it, she drank alcohol and went to clubs. Nikki is a Christian rock vocalist and guitar player.
